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Click here to read my story from lohud.com. Click here for the boxscore with links to the game summary, etc. Thoughts: 1) I didn’t believe I’d ever seen a penalty shot decide an overtime game before. But I also can’t remember where my car is. Then folks on Twitter reminded…

Post-game notes & quotes courtesy of the NYR: Rangers 3, Flyers 2 (OT). Click here for boxscore with links to Game Summary, etc. – HOME COOKING – The Rangers have won nine of the last 10 preseason games they have played at Madison Square Garden (9-1-0), dating back to…

[polldaddy poll=9099753 align=”left”] Preseason Game 5. Flyers at Rangers. With the preseason mercifully dwindling, Alain Vigneault is still juggling and experimenting. So tonight against Mr. Snider’s Team, at least at the start, Rick Nash will skate on the right with Derek Stepan and Chris Krieder. J.T. Miller slides to…

Click here to read my story on the Kevin Hayes/Dominic Moore moves to the wing, from lohud.com. Click here for the boxscore with links to the game summary, etc. Click here for Henrik Lundqvist post-game audio. Click here for Alain Vigneault post-game audio. Click here for Derek Stepan post-game audio.…

Click here to read my game story and the post-game notes & quotes (or scroll down one thread). Click here for the boxscore with links to the game summary, etc. Click here for Alain Vigneault’s post-game press conference video. Thoughts: 1) Not terrible for a preseason game. But definitely a…

It’s now or never time for two Rangers prospects. As the Rangers began their preseason against the Devils at the Garden Monday night, both center Oscar Lindberg and defenseman Dylan McIlrath were in the lineup and starting what likely is their final push to be Rangers. Both players would have…

[polldaddy poll=9088279 align=”left”] Preseason Game 1. Devils at Rangers. The Rangers open their preseason with a bare-bones roster, but worth watching because so many of these guys are battling for so few spots. Derek Stepan and Chris Kreider, who skated with Rick Nash on their wing the first two days…

Gonna have to miss training camp today, the first day of actual hockey work, but plan on being there Sunday and at MSG Monday for the preseason opener vs. Newark. A couple of things from Day 1 on ice for the Rangers: Marc Staal not only had a bone chip…

The Rangers get back to work officially today, with on-ice fitness testing at their training facility in Greenburgh, then get into full training camp mode Saturday, and then go right into the preseason Monday at the Garden. Click here for the training camp roster. The new motto, or at least…

All on the King’s Shoulders By Patrick Hoffman Under head coach Alain Vigneault, there is no doubt that the New York Rangers are much a more offensive hockey club. With Vigneault behind the bench, Rangers’ forwards such as Rick Nash, Mats Zuccarello, Derek Stepan, Derick Brassard, Chris Kreider and Kevin…

(EDITOR’S NOTE: For those unfamiliar with this particular and unique author, please take this with several giant grains of salt. For those familiar, well, you know … Also, the views and opinions in the post below are not necessarily those of the blog-keeper, or anybody else, for that matter.) “American…

“Who’s gonna be The Man?” By jpp What do you ask of a team that has been to the Final Four three out of the last four years, a team that’s won 214 games since the start of the 2011-2012 season? A team that has played 12 playoff series, winning…

GREENBURGH – The Rangers team that went to Game 7 of the Eastern Conference final last May lost two top-nine forwards: Carl Hagelin, who had to be traded for salary-cap reasons, and Martin St. Louis, who retired after his production slipped in the second half of the season. To a…

(Editor’s note: Special thanks to Paul Calderazzo for stepping up and volunteering this report card on the Rangers’ season and playoffs. If anybody wants to do a guest blog during the offseason, just drop me an email at rcarpini@lohud.com. Thank you. — Carp). ******************************************************** New York Rangers 2014-15 Grades by…

Click here for a great photo gallery by Frank Becerra Jr. Click here to read my column on another failed season for Henrik Lundqvist. Click here to read Josh Thomson’s game story from Game 7. Click here to see Josh’s notebook, about Ryan McDonagh’s broken foot, etc. Click here for…